Peer-reviewed Publications

Peer-reviewed scholarly publications by members of the Nepal Water Initiative, based on our research & fieldwork in Nepal.

Development dreams and riparian realities in Nepal: hydropower expansion, local lifeways, and the politics of river futuresEnvironmental Research: Climate 5.3 (2026) – by Patton Burchett, Narayani Sritharan and Sapana Lohani

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-5295/ae7c26


“Anthropogenic drivers and their impact on the hydrological regime of Nepal” Environmental Research: Letters 21 (2026) – by Sayedeh Sara Sayedi, Kunwar K Singh, Mary C Fabrizio, & Santosh Nepal

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae2ca8


“Hurdles & Opportunities for Conservation of Native Fish Biodiversity in Nepal” Fisheries 51.3 (2025) – by Mary C. Fabrizio, Vaskar Nepal, Troy D. Tuckey, Rahul Ranjan, Hemanta Dhakal, David R. Edds, David P. Gillette, Patton Burchett, Narayani Sritharan, Sapana Lohani, Kunwar K. Singh, Ammar Malik, Krishna Paudel

https://doi.org/10.1093/fshmag/vuaf067


“The Great Himalayan Chessboard: China, India, and the Geopolitical Gambit in Nepal” (Foreign Policy Research Institute, December 6, 2023) – by Nara Sritharan, Kritika Jothishankar, & Sarah Wozniak

https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/great-himalayan-chessboard-china-india-and-the-geopolitical-gambit-in-nepal/


“The Indo-Pacific is the Theater for The US and China’s High-Stakes Diplomacy” (Inkstick, December 7, 2023) – by Kritika Jothishankar & Nara Sritharan

https://inkstickmedia.com/the-indo-pacific-is-the-theater-for-the-us-and-chinas-high-stakes-diplomacy/